Method to assign IP traffic to desired network elements based on packet or service type

ABSTRACT

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a demand for real-time services to a first mobile device, by way of a base station of an LTE system. In response, utilization of a first wireless channel of a first radio of the base station is evaluated. The first radio supports a first wireless service that includes the real-time service and a non-real-time service to a second mobile device within the same cellular region. A handover of the second mobile device to a second radio of the base station is facilitated in response to the utilization. The second radio is configured to support a second wireless service that excludes the real-time service within the same cellular region. Responsive to the handover, the second radio supports the non-real-time service over the second wireless channel to the second mobile device within the cellular region. Other embodiments are disclosed.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The subject disclosure relates to a conservation of hardware in mobilitynetworks that provide a real-time voice service.

BACKGROUND

A wireless communication network covers a certain geographic area bydividing the area into radio cells and each radio cell can be furtherdivided into two or more sectors. Base stations, conceptually located atthe center of respective cells/sectors, transmit information to a mobilecommunication device, also known as user equipment (UE), via downlink(DL) radio signals. Mobile communication devices transmit information totheir serving base stations via uplink (UL) radio signals. A wirelesscommunication network can be configured based on one of the number ofwireless technology platforms, such as IS-95, CDMA2000 1×, EV-DO, UMB,GSM, WCDMA, HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access), LTE, WiMAX and WiFiwireless networks.

A real-time service, such as Voice over LTE (VoLTE), provides a carriergrade Voice over IP (VoIP) solution, built on an IP-Multimedia SubSystem (IMS) architecture. In some applications, a native VoLTE clientcan be integrated into a design of a mobile communication device.Alternatively or in addition, a non-native VoLTE client can be providedby a third party and run on top of an application processor of themobile communication device. Other general VoIP applications, such asSkype or Viber, sometimes referred to as over-the-top (OTT) VoIPapplications, can also work over LTE radio, but generally without QoSsupport.

VoIP traffic is especially sensitive to modest network latency or packetloss, which can cause serious interruptions in a VoIP conversation.Accordingly, deployment of VoLTE requires a number of optimization stepsto gain the full benefit of the technology's potential. Preferably, asuccess rate and retainability of a VoLTE call should match and exceedthe level provided by circuit-switched connections.

Examples of key performance indicators (KPIs) in the radio networkinclude setup success rate, handover success rate and call completionsuccess rate. Network optimization includes parameter optimization andfeature activation, such as header compression, Transmission TimeInterval (TTI) bundling and QoS. Such features help to make VoLTE callreliability, quality and efficiency significantly higher than with OTTVoIP applications.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are notnecessarily drawn to scale, and wherein:

FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a wireless mobilitynetwork;

FIG. 2 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a radio frequencyallocation of a base station of the wireless mobility network of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 depicts an illustrative embodiment of physical resource block ofthe wireless mobility network of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a process used in portionsof the system described in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 depicts an illustrative embodiment of an alternative process usedin portions of the system described in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 6-7 depict illustrative embodiments of communication systems thatprovide media services, including services to mobile devices of thewireless mobility network of FIGS. 1-3;

FIG. 8 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a web portal forinteracting with the communication systems of FIGS. 1-3 and 6-7;

FIG. 9 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a communication device; and

FIG. 10 is a diagrammatic representation of a machine in the form of acomputer system within which a set of instructions, when executed, maycause the machine to perform any one or more of the methods describedherein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The subject disclosure describes, among other things, illustrativeembodiments for consolidating allocations of real-time services, such asVoLTE, to a first radio of an evolved Node B (eNodeB or eNB) basestation that facilitates real-time services to mobile communicationdevices in a cellular region. The first radio also facilitates non-realtime services, such as data services. Mobile devices accessing thenon-real time services and excluding real-time services can betransferred from the first radio to a second radio of the eNB. Thesecond radio supports the non-real-time services, while excluding thereal-time services to mobile communication devices within the samecellular region. The eNB can handover a first mobile communicationdevice from the first radio to the second radio to transfer non-realtime services within the same cellular region. Such handovers of somemobile devices free capacity of the first radio to accommodate othermobile devices accessing real-time services. Other embodiments aredescribed in the subject disclosure.

One or more aspects of the subject disclosure include a process thatdetects a demand for VoLTE service to a first mobile device, by way ofan eNB base station of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) radio. Utilization of a first wireless channel is evaluated for afirst radio of the eNB. The first radio is configured to support a firstwireless service over the first wireless channel that includes a VoLTEservice within a cellular region. The first radio also provides anon-VoLTE service over the first wireless channel to a second mobiledevice within the cellular region. Responsive to the evaluating of theutilization of the first wireless channel, a handover is facilitated ofthe second mobile device to a second radio of the eNB. The second radiois configured to support a second wireless service that excludes theVoLTE service over a second wireless channel within the cellular region.Responsive to the handover, the second radio supports the non-VoLTEservice over the second wireless channel to the second mobile devicewithin the cellular region.

One or more aspects of the subject disclosure include a system thatincludes a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions.The executable instructions, when executed by the processor, facilitateperformance of operations that include determining a request for areal-time service to a first mobile device, by way of an eNB basestation of an E-UTRA radio access network. Responsive to the determiningof the request for the real-time service, utilization is evaluated of afirst wireless channel of a first radio of the eNB. The first radio isconfigured to support a first wireless service over the first wirelesschannel that includes the real-time service within a cellular region.The first radio provides a non-real-time service over the first wirelesschannel to a second mobile device within the cellular region. Responsiveto the evaluating of the utilization of the first wireless channel, ahandover is facilitated of the second mobile device to a second radio ofthe eNB. The second radio is configured to support a second wirelessservice that excludes the real-time service over a second wirelesschannel within the cellular region. Responsive to the handover, thesecond radio supports the non-real-time service over the second wirelesschannel to the second mobile device within the cellular region.

One or more aspects of the subject disclosure include a machine-readablestorage medium, including executable instructions that, when executed bya processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operationsinclude determining a demand for a real-time service to a first mobiledevice, by way of a base station of an LTE mobile network. Responsive tothe determining of the demand for the real-time service, utilization isevaluated of a first wireless channel of a first radio of the basestation. The first radio is configured to support a first wirelessservice over the first wireless channel that includes the real-timeservice within a cellular region. The first radio provides anon-real-time service over the first wireless channel to a second mobiledevice within the cellular region. Responsive to the evaluating of theutilization of the first wireless channel, a handover is facilitated ofthe second mobile device to a second radio of the base station. Thesecond radio is configured to support a second wireless service thatexcludes the real-time service over a second wireless channel within thecellular region. Responsive to the handover, the second radio supportsthe non-real-time service over the second wireless channel to the secondmobile device within the cellular region.

Conversational voice, e.g., VoLTE, can be treated as an application inthe LTE network. Voice demonstrates a rather stable and predictableusage pattern. It is perceived that the growth in network usage ofnon-conversational voice applications, such as video, audio, and filetransfer will outpace any growth related to VoLTE for the foreseeablefuture. Network users, particularly new and younger users, arecomfortable with multiple ways to communicate beyond voice. Adisproportionate growth of data traffic compared to a rather stablevoice growth of voice traffic has been observed in recent trends. Insome markets, non-VoLTE data services have been observed to outpaceVoLTE by up to twenty times. Consequently, non-VoLTE IP traffic has beenand is expected to be the dominant driver for mobile network growth,bandwidth expansion and additional hardware RF carriers.

Current VoLTE development strategies call for a deployment of theservice across all RF carriers that are deployed. The more carriersdeployed, the wider the distribution of voice packets becomes across allcarriers. This results in each carrier hosting fewer and fewer voicepackets. The consequence is the management of the voice call. There is asubstantial cost associated with optimization of each new carrier forvoice and data. Adding more carriers adds complexity to layer managementfor each carrier. Each new carrier also requires enhanced 9-1-1 (E911)service activation and optimization. All of this adds up to huge costsfor an application that uses very little RF resources as compared to itsavailable resources.

Radio performance has a direct impact on the cost of deploying thenetwork in terms of the required number of base station sites and interms of the transceivers required. The operator is interested in thenetwork efficiency: how many customers can be served, how much data canbe provided and how many base station sites are required. The efficiencyis considered in link budget calculations and in capacity simulations.An end user application performance depends on the available bit rate,latency and seamless mobility. The radio performance defines whatapplications can be used and how these applications perform.

VoLTE relies upon the highest priority currently available, i.e., QCI=1,so it takes precedence over other data traffic. An apparent reason whyvoice has been provisioned over so many RF channels is because there isno technique to allow for VoLTE prioritization in the access layer.Thus, a congested cell might not “hear” a VoLTE request. The techniquesdisclosed herein, including reserving a minimum quantity of physicalresource blocks (PRBs) to observe any VoLTE requests, thereby allowingVoLTE prioritization in the access layer. When a VoLTE request isacknowledged, the eNB can free-up channel resources to accommodate theVoLTE session. Data would either be slowed or pushed to a differentcarrier, or layer in a resource stack.

FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a wireless mobility network100. The network 100 includes a first base station 102 a incommunication with a first antenna 104 a that provides wireless coveragein a first cellular region 105 a. The first cellular region 105 a can bean entire cell, one or more sectors of a cell, or some other sub-regionof the cell. E.g., a substantially circular, or hexagonal cell can bedivided into three sectors, each spanning 120 degrees of non-overlappingcoverage. The numbers of sectors as well as a diameter/radius of a cellgenerally depends on network planning Smaller cells with multiplesectors can be provided in dense urban environments to accommodate agreater number of mobile users, whereas larger cells with fewer sectorscan be provided in rural areas with fewer mobile users. The network 100includes at least a second base station 102 b in communication with asecond antenna 104 b. The second antenna provides coverage in a secondcell 105 b. The second cell 105 b can be overlapping, or adjacent to thefirst cell 105 a, as shown.

In the illustrative example, the first base station 102 a includes afirst radio 106′ and a second radio 106″. The first radio 106′ providesa first wireless coverage within the first cell 105 a according to afirst radio frequency (RF) spectral band 108 a. The second radio 106″provides a second wireless coverage within the first cell 105 aaccording to a second radio frequency (RF) spectral band 108 b.Likewise, the second base station 102 b includes a third radio 106′″ .The third radio 106′″ provides a wireless coverage within the secondcell 105 b according to a respective RF spectral band 109. Therespective RF band 109 can be the same as the first RF spectral band 108a or the same as the second spectral band 108 b of the first cell 105 a.However, it is more likely that the respective RF spectral band 109 isdifferent from either of the other RF spectral bands 108 a, 108 baccording to frequency management practices. Such different bands can beselected to reduce a possibility of interference to either base station102 a, 102 b and/or any mobile devices, sometimes referred to as userequipment (UE) 122 served within the corresponding cells 105 a, 105 b.

According to the techniques disclosed herein, the first radio 106′accommodates VoLTE service, whereas the second radio 106″ does not. Itcan be said that the second radio 106″ excludes VoLTE service, becausethe second radio 106″ has not been optimized to accommodate suchtraffic. Consequently, all VoLTE traffic supported by the first basestation 102 a, must be supported by the first radio 106′. Any otherservice, such as data services can be accommodated by available capacityof the first radio 106′ and/or by the second radio 106″. As described inmore detail below, the first radio 106′ reserves capacity to detect anyrequests, demands or requirements for VoLTE service. Upon detection,other non-VoLTE traffic can be slowed and/or moved to the second radio106″ to generate sufficient capacity for the VoLTE traffic, and toreserve sufficient capacity to detect any further requests, demands orrequirements for VoLTE service, e.g., in support of other mobile users.

The base stations 102 a, 102 b (generally 102) represent a Radio AccessNetwork (RAN) portion of the network 100. The RAN, sometimes referred toas an air interface, implements radio access technology between a corenetwork 112 and the UEs 122. In a 3^(rd) Generation Partnership Project(3GPP) LTE network 100, a RAN is referred to as an Evolved UniversalTerrestrial Access Network (E-UTRAN), a base station 102 is referred toas an Evolved Node B (eNodeB or eNB) 102, and the core network 112 isreferred to as an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) 112.

The EPC 112 can include several functional elements as disclosed in ageneral description of the E-UTRAN architecture, provided in 3GPP TS36.401, Ver. 13.0.0, incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.For brevity, a subset of the functional elements, sometimes referred toas the “main LTE packet core elements” are illustrated in FIG. 1,including a Mobility Management Entity (MME) 114, a Serving Gateway(S-GW) 116 and a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW) 118.

The MME 114 provides a control node responsible for features includingtracking, paging, retransmissions, and for supporting an idle mode of UE122. The MME 114 is also involved in bearer activation and itsdeactivation procedures, choosing the SGW 116 for a UE 122 in process ofinitial attach and when the intra-handover take place which involves acore network node relocation. The MME 114 without limitation, can alsoauthenticate a user, handle Non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling, andgenerate and allocate temporary UE identities. In at least someembodiments, the MME 1114 can manage UE roaming restrictions. MME isalso termination point of ciphering and integrity protection for NASsignaling. Lawful Interception (LI) of signaling could be also supportedby MME entity. It also provides the control plane function for mobilitybetween LTE and 2G/3G networks by the S3 interface (from SGSN to MME).

The S-GW 116 terminates an interface towards E-UTRAN. For each UE 122associated with the Evolved Packet Service (EPS) at a given point oftime, there is a single S-GW 116. The S-GW 116 is responsible forhandovers with neighboring eNB's 102, also for data transfer in terms ofall packets across a user plane. The S-GW can provide a mobilityinterface to other networks such as 2G/3G, as well as providingmonitoring and maintaining context information related to the UE 122during its idle state and generates paging requests when arrives datafor the UE 122 in downlink direction. (e.g., somebody's calling).

The P-GW 118 is a gateway that terminates an SGi interface towards a PDN120. If a UE 122 is accessing multiple PDNs 120, there may be more thanone P-GW 118 for that UE 122. The P-GW 118 provides an “anchor” pointfor mobility between 3GPP and non-3GPP technologies. The P-GW 118 alsoprovides connectivity from the UE 122 to external the PDN 120 by beingthe point of entry or exit of traffic for the UE 122. The P-GW 188manages policy enforcement, packet filtration for users, chargingsupport and lawful intercept.

Each of the radios 106′, 106″, 106′″ (generally 106) includes arespective network component, identified as a network interface 110′,110″, 110′″ (generally 110). The network interface 110 alone or incombination with the radio 106, implements one or more of the protocolsof the E-UTRAN, such as media access control (MAC) protocols. Each radio106 is tuned to a respective carrier frequency of an RF spectral band.The carrier frequency can reside in one of a number of availablefrequency bands, and can have an associated bandwidth, depending uponthe application, the subscription, network resources, e.g., 650 MHz, 700MHz, 850 MHz, 1700 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2.3 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz,20 MHz or any public band or future cellular band. The radio 106 cansupport downlink (DL) communications from the eNB 102 to the UE 122, aswell as uplink (UL) communications from the UE 122 to the eNB 102. In atleast some embodiments, the UL and DL communications use differentmodulation/multiplexing techniques. Namely, DL communications caninclude Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM), whereas, ULcommunications can include Single Carrier—Frequency Division MultipleAccess (SC-FDMA). An overall description of E-UTRAN is disclosed in GPPTS 36.300, Ver. 13.2.0, incorporated herein by reference in itsentirety. A general description of the physical layer is disclosed in3GPP TS 36.201, Ver. 13.0.0, incorporated herein by reference in itsentirety. A general description of the UE radio transmission andreception is disclosed in 3GPP TS 36.101, Ver. 13.2.1, incorporatedherein by reference in its entirety. It is to be understood that thetechniques disclosed herein can be applied to any radio modulationcurrently know or future, including any FDD or TDD schemes.

An example of an embodiment of the UE 122 is shown in more detailedfunctional schematic of the UE 122′. The UE 122′ includes an LTEacquisition module 124, an LTE control module 126 and in at least someembodiments, a carrier decision module 128 (shown in phantom). The LTEacquisition and control modules 124, 126 implement the protocols andfeatures of the LTE network. The carrier decision module 128 can providefunctionality to manage selection between multiple carriers and/or RFspectral bands of a common eNB 108. It is common practice to addcapacity to a congested cell by adding additional radios 106. The radios106 operate at different RF spectral bands within the same cell 105. Inthe illustrative example, the two radios 106′, 106″ respectively operatein the two different RF spectral bands 108 a, 108 b.

The network includes at least one control module 130 to facilitateallocation, access, management and/or servicing of mobile user trafficamong the available radios 106′, 106″, 106′″. In some applications, thecontrol module 130 can be referred to as a hardware conservationcontroller 130, because it allows for an efficient allocation ofdifferent grades of wireless service among different carrier frequenciesproviding overlapping coverage in proximity to a serviced UE 122.Namely, more costly and complex radios that support the highest QCIgrades of service, including VoLTE are reserved for such services, whileother less costly and less complex radios that support some QCI gradesof service, but not the highest grade or grades of service, areconfigured to provide such lower-tier services. An example of a range ofQCIs is provided in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Standardized QCIs for LTE. Packet delay Packet Resource budgeterror QCI type Priority (ms) loss rate Example services 1 GBR 2 100 10-2Conversational voice 2 GBR 4 150 10-3 Conversational video (livestreaming) 3 GBR 5 300 10-6 Non-conversational video (bufferedstreaming) 4 GBR 3 50 10-3 Real-time gaming 5 Non-GBR 1 100 10-6 IMSsignaling 6 Non-GBR 7 100 10-3 Voice, video (live streaming),interactive gaming 7 Non-GBR 6 300 10-6 Video (buffered streaming) 8Non-GBR 8 300 10-6 TCP-based (for example, WWW, e- mail), chat, FTP, p2pfile sharing, progressive video and others 9 Non-GBR 9 300 10-6

FIG. 2 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a radio frequencyallocation of a base station of the wireless mobility network of FIG. 1.A series of three graphs illustrate different spectral patterns as plotsof signal amplitude, e.g., signal voltage, signal current, and/or signalpower versus frequency. The frequency range includes a first band B1 anda second band B2. The frequency bands B1, B2 can be selected fromavailable E-UTRA operating bands. A list of such bands is provided inTable 5.5-1 of 3GPP TS 36.101, ver. 10.3.0, Rel. 10, incorporated hereinby reference in its entirety. Table 2, below, provides example bands.

TABLE 2 E-UTRA Operating Bands. E-UTRA Uplink (UL) operating bandDownlink (DL) operating band operating BS receive/UE transmit BW BStransmit/UE receive Duplex bands FUL_low-FUL_high (MHz) FDL_low-FDL_highMode  1 1920 MHz-1980 MHz 60 2110 MHz-2170 MHz FDD  2 1850 MHz-1910 MHz60 1930 MHz-1990 MHz FDD  3 1710 MHz-1785 MHz 75 1805 MHz-1880 MHz FDD 4 1710 MHz-1755 MHz 45 2110 MHz-2155 MHz FDD  5 824 MHz-849 MHz 25 869MHz-894 MHz FDD  6* 830 MHz-840 MHz 10 875 MHz-885 MHz FDD  7 2500MHz-2570 MHz 20 2620 MHz-2690 MHz FDD  8 880 MHz-915 MHz 25 925 MHz-960MHz FDD  9 1749.9 MHz-1784.9 MHz 35 1844.9 MHz-1879.9 MHz FDD 10 1710MHz-1770 MHz 60 2110 MHz-2170 MHz FDD 11 1427.9 MHz-1447.9 MHz 1475.9MHz-1495.9 MHz FDD 12 699 MHz-716 MHz 729 MHz-746 MHz FDD 13 777 MHz-787MHz 746 MHz-756 MHz FDD 14 788 MHz-798 MHz 758 MHz-768 MHz FDD 15Reserved Reserved FDD 16 Reserved Reserved FDD 17 704 MHz-716 MHz 734MHz-746 MHz FDD 18 815 MHz-830 MHz 860 MHz-875 MHz FDD 19 830 MHz-845MHz 875 MHz-890 MHz FDD 20 832 MHz-862 MHz 791 MHz-821 MHz FDD 21 1447.9MHz-1462.9 MHz 1495.9 MHz-1510.9 MHz FDD . . . FDD 23 2000 MHz-2020 MHz2180 MHz-2200 MHz FDD 24 1626.5 MHz-1660.5 MHz 1525 MHz-1559 MHz FDD 251850 MHz-1915 MHz 1930 MHz-1995 MHz FDD . . . 33 1900 MHz-1920 MHz 1900MHz-1920 MHz TDD 34 2010 MHz-2025 MHz 2010 MHz-2025 MHz TDD 35 1850MHz-1910 MHz 1850 MHz-1910 MHz TDD 36 1930 MHz-1990 MHz 1930 MHz-1990MHz TDD 37 1910 MHz-1930 MHz 1910 MHz-1930 MHz TDD 38 2570 MHz-2620 MHz2570 MHz-2620 MHz TDD 39 1880 MHz-1920 MHz 1880 MHz-1920 MHz TDD 40 2300MHz-2400 MHz 100 2300 MHz-2400 MHz TDD 41 2496 MHz 2690 MHz 2496 MHz2690 MHz TDD 42 3400 MHz-3600 MHz 3400 MHz-3600 MHz TDD 43 3600 MHz-3800MHz 3600 MHz-3800 MHz TDD

In the first graph, the first band B1 includes a first channel C1adjacent to a second channel C2. The channels can have any of theavailable transmission bandwidths, such as those mentioned above. Itshould be appreciated that the channels C1 and C2 are not provisioned tothe same specifications. Namely, the second channel C2 is configured toaccommodate all QCI levels, including VoLTE, whereas the first channelC1 is configured to accommodate only a subset of possible QCI levels,particularly excluding at least the highest QCI level associated withVoLTE service. Thus, any VoLTE traffic must be directed to the secondchannel C2, while any such traffic must be excluded from the firstchannel C1.

In the first graph, the channels are contiguous, in that they areadjacent. In the second graph, the channels C1, C2 reside within thesame band, B1, but are not contiguous. In the third graph, the channelsC1 and C2 are not contiguous as they reside in different bands.

FIG. 3 depicts an illustrative embodiment of Physical Resource Block(PRB) 300 of the LTE network of FIG. 1. The example PRB 300 includes a ½slot, having a duration of 0.5 ms—a full slot would be 1 ms. The PRB 300includes seven OFDM symbols for each of twelve different subcarriers302. A particular OFDM symbol of a particular carrier is referred to asa resource element 304. It is understood that different numbers ofsubcarriers can be provided, depending upon available channel bandwidth.The twelve carriers occupy 180 kHz of bandwidth. By way of example, a1.4 MHz channel can include up to 72 sub-carriers, providing up to sixresource blocks per ½ time slot.

FIG. 4 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a process 400 used inportions of the system described in FIG. 1. Demands for real-timeservice to a first mobile communication device are monitored at 402. Fora system 100 (FIG. 1) including a first channel C1 (FIG. 2) thatsupports a real-time service and a second wireless channel C2 thatsupports non-real-time service, while excluding the real-time service,the system 100 can reserve at least a portion of a resource block 300(FIG. 3) to accommodate any request for real-time service.

In general, a real-time service includes any service that sets limits ontraffic flow requirements that include latency and/or jitter. By way ofexamples, requirements can include that latency and/or jitter bedeterministic. Services can be determined based on supportedapplications, such as real-time voice and/or video applications. Forexample, a VoLTE call or session is an example of an applicationassociated supported by a real-time service—the mobility networkprovides a dedicated bearer having a QoS and/or other featurescommensurate with the application/service.

The service may set latency and jitter requirements to supportconversational voice. Although buffering may be applied, there aretolerable limits based on the conversational nature of the application,e.g., less than 250 msec or 500 msec. Other applications, such as videostreaming, can be characterized as real time, e.g., when broadcastinglive events, such as a live video conference, live television, and thelike. Examples include, without limitation, messaging, teleconferencingand/or videoconferencing applications include Skype® and FaceTime®,gaming applications and the like. Examples of non-real-time applicationscan include file transfers, e.g., FTP, video and/or audio streaming, andthe like. In some instances, characterization of an application asreal-time or non-real-time can be loosely based on tolerable delay,jitter, etc. Thus, a media access service, such as network mediabroadcasts can be characterized as real-time, whereas video on demandservice might not. Although the example embodiments include VoLTEsessions, it is to be understood that there are opportunities toimplement similar redirections for other applications, such as streamingor video calls. As other real-time applications, such as real-time videoconferencing becomes the norm, the optimization efforts will be directedto such applications. Accordingly, the techniques disclosed herein canbe applied to provide an ability to shed other real-time traffic, suchas non-real-time (video) IP sessions to specific network elements.

Monitoring continues at 402, until a demand for real-time service isdetected at 404. In at least some embodiments, the demand for real-timeservice can be identified by a request for a radio resource connection(RRC) and an associated QCI indicative of the real-time service. Forreal-time conversational voice, e.g., VoLTE, a QCI value of 1 isdefinitive. Although the example embodiments disclose QCI as anindication of a real-time service, it is to be understood that othertechniques can be employed, such as any DPI (deep packet inspection)techniques and/or predictive analytics to determine packet type. It isto be understood further that a detection mechanism can reside in one ormore of various portions of a mobile communication system. For example,detection can be implemented at one or more of the UE (device level),the eNODE B (cell level) or the MME.

Once the request has been identified at 404, the process 400 continuesby evaluating at 406, one of a utilization of a PRB 300 of the firstwireless channel C1, a capacity of the PRB 300 of the first wirelesschannel C1 or both. To the extent it is determined from the evaluationthat utilization is heavy, and/or capacity is low, the process continuesby adjusting a service to a second mobile communication device at 410.The second mobile communication device is using at least a portion ofthe PRB 300 of the first wireless channel in association with a non-realtime, and/or non-VoLTE service. Adjusting of the service can includemoving the wireless service of the second mobile communication device tothe second wireless channel C2. Alternatively or in addition, adjustingof the service can include a processing rate adjustment, or slowing ofthe non-VoLTE service of the second mobile communication device.

In some embodiments, load balancing can be applied. For example, in aload balancing scenario among cells that are operating at maximumcapacity, each UE 122 reports its measurements to a base station 102 aof its serving cell 105 a in a periodic fashion. These measurements caninclude one or more of Signal to Noise and Interference Ratio (SNIR)measurements of a neighboring cell 102 b as well as the serving cell 102a. For cells having a stacked arrangement of RF carriers or channelswith the same cellular region, the measurements can include measurementsfor each RF carrier/channel. At any time and for any cell in the systemif a capacity calculation is satisfied then the cell is considered to becongested, and a request load balance message is sent to the managemententity.

In some embodiments, transition of wireless service to another channel,e.g., a second channel of the same base station serving the samecellular region, can be accomplished based on a handover process. Inthis instance, the source cell comprises the first channel C1 of thebase station 102 a, while the target cell comprises the second channelC2 of the base station 102 b. After the transition, any portion of thePRB of channel C1 formerly servicing the second mobile communicationdevice, would be available for one or more of providing the VoLTEservice to the first mobile communication device and the spare capacityto detect subsequent requests for service, including requests for VoLTEservice. Once sufficient capacity on the first channel C1 to accommodatethe requested VoLTE service, while maintaining overhead to detectsubsequent requests, the VoLTE service can be established on the firstchannel C1 at 412.

In some embodiments, new attachments and/or handovers are accepted by aVoLTE carrier and excluded or otherwise blocked by a non-VoLTE carrier.Once attached, e.g., having established a standard RF bearer, non-VoLTEtraffic can be moved to non-VoLTE carrier as a matter of course, or asneeded, e.g., based on utilization/capacity.

Alternatively or in addition, new attachments and/or handovers areaccepted by a non-VoLTE carrier and excluded or otherwise blocked by aVoLTE carrier. Once attached, e.g., having established a standard RFbearer, VoLTE traffic can be moved to a VoLTE carrier as a matter ofcourse, or as needed, e.g., based on utilization/capacity.

Alternatively or in addition, new attachments and/or handovers areaccepted by either of the VoLTE carrier or the non-VoLTE carrier. Onceattached, e.g., having established a standard RF bearer, non-VoLTEtraffic can be moved to non-VoLTE carrier as a matter of course, andVoLTE traffic can be moved to VoLTE carrier or as needed, e.g., based onrequest for service.

It is envisioned that in many situations the same UE being moved to/fromnon-VoLTE service will include multiple overlapping or simultaneousservices. Consider a VoLTE service established by an incoming/outgoingcall, while a user is streaming video from another application/source,such as YouTube®, a registered trademark of Google, Inc. of MountainView, Calif. and/or audio from another application/source, such asPandora®, a registered trademark of Pandora Media, Inc., of Oakland,Calif. In one approach, a decision to move a wireless communicationdevice to another RF carrier and/or cell results in all wirelessservices being moved in a like manner. Alternatively, it is conceivable,that one or more services can be moved to another RF carrier/eNB, whileothers are not.

FIG. 5 depicts an illustrative embodiment of an alternative process 500used in portions of the system described in FIG. 1. A requirement forVoLTE service at a first mobile communication device is detected orotherwise identified at 502. For example, this can include detection oridentification of a radio resource request and/or a handover requestthat includes an indication of a VoLTE service. An indication of VoLTEservice can include a QCI indicator having a value, e.g., “1”,indicative of an appropriate level of service.

To the extent that the first mobile communication device is idle, activeor otherwise attached to a source RF carrier, e.g., a source radioand/or wireless channel assignment, the source RF carrier can beidentified at 504. Identification of the source RF carrier can beaccomplished by one or more of the radio resource request, the handoverrequest, or other indicator associated with the first mobilecommunication device. Alternatively or in addition, the source RFcarrier can be identified by an initial attachment of the first mobilecommunication device.

Having determined that the source RF carrier supports a first UE at 504,a determination whether the source RF carrier supports the requestedVoLTE service can be made at 506. By way of example, and withoutlimitation, such a determination can be accomplished according tonetwork configuration data or file that includes indicia of availableservices, service limitations or both for the source RF carrier. Such atable or file can be created and/or updated during networkimplementation, configuration and/or re-configuration. Suchre-configurations can include those resulting from fault tolerantfeatures, such as a failover of redundant radios.

To the extent that VoLTE service is not supported by the source RFcarrier at 506, a target carrier that supports VoLTE can be identifiedat 508. Once a suitable target has been identified a handover ortransfer of the first mobile communication device from the source RFcarrier to the target RF carrier occurs at 510, and an associated load,utilization and/or capacity of the target RF carrier is determined at512. To the extent that the VoLTE service is supported by the source RFcarrier at 506, the associated load, utilization and/or capacity of thesource RF carrier is determined at 512.

A determination whether the identified source or target RF carrier,evaluated at 512 includes sufficient capacity is made at 514. To theextent that the source/target RF carrier does have sufficient capacity,the system 100 proceeds with providing VoLTE service to the first mobilecommunication device. To the extent that the source/target RF carrierdoes not have sufficient capacity at 514, one or more other mobilecommunication devices that are active, idle or otherwise attached to thesource/target RF carrier associated with non-VoLTE service or otherwiseexcluding any VoLTE service requirements, are identified at 516.

A decision is made at 518 as to whether capacity will be added by way ofa moving/transfer or a processing speed adjustment. To the extent that amove/transfer is determined at 518, one or more of the second mobilecommunication devices are moved and/or transferred from thesource/target RF carrier to another RF carrier at 520, and proceedingwith VoLTE service to the first mobile communication device at 522. Theother carrier can include a carrier that provides non-VoLTE service,while excluding any VoLTE service. A number of second mobilecommunication devices can be based on a required capacity of therequested VoLTE service, and resource allocations associated with theone or more second mobile communication devices.

To the extent that a processing speed adjustment is determined at 518,processing of wireless services of one or more of the second mobilecommunication devices are slowed or otherwise retarded at 524, andproceeding with VoLTE service to the first mobile communication deviceat 522. A number of second mobile communication devices to be slowed canbe based on a required capacity of the requested VoLTE service, andresource allocations associated with the one or more second mobilecommunication devices. Slowing of the processing can be accomplished byany suitable means, including adjusting an allocation of PRBs, e.g.,reducing the allocation of PRBs to effectively slow processing of theone or more of the second mobile communication devices.

In some embodiments, a decision to move and/or slow the one or moresecond mobile communication devices can be based on a preference toaffect the fewest or least number of second mobile communicationdevices. Thus, a decision to move/slow one device to free capacity onthe first RF channel is preferable over any decision to move/slow morethan one device. In some embodiments, this decision can be made withoutregard to parameters associated with one or more of the secondcommunication devices and/or the associated wireless services. Forexample, the decision can be made without regard to QCI, priority, andthe like.

Alternatively, a decision to move/slow the one or more second mobilecommunication devices can be based on affecting those devices associatedwith wireless services having the lowest QCI level, the lowest priority,or the like. It is conceivable that two or more of the second mobilecommunication devices associated with services of a relatively low QCIcan be moved over a single one or fewer number of the second mobilecommunication devices having a greater QCI.

Alternatively or in addition, a decision on selecting which of thesecond mobile communication devices to move/slow can be based on otherfactors, such as a level of subscription (a higher subscription fee orlevel of services would be less likely to be relocated/slowed than alower subscription fee/level of service). Still other factors caninclude one or more of historical records, predictions, randomizations,and fairness. Fairness, for example, can be used to select one of thesecond communication devices over another based on priormoves/processing speed adjustments—a device that has been previouslymoved/slowed may be less/more likely to be moved based on prior moves. Ahistorical window can be based on one or more of network lifetime,mobile communication device lifetime a predetermined time interval, suchas hours, days, weeks, and so forth. Alternatively or in addition, ahistorical window can be based on an event, such as an attachmentinterval, service activation/deactivation, idle transitions and thelike.

A determination is made at 506 as to whether the VoLTE service can besupported. To the extent that the VoLTE service can be supported, an RFcarrier load is determined at 512. To the extent that the VoLTE servicecannot be supported, a target RF Carrier supporting VoLTE is identifiedat 508. Handover of the first UE to a target RF Carrier occurs at 510,and RF carrier load is determined at 512.

Determine whether there is sufficient capacity at 514. To the extentthat sufficient capacity exists, proceed with VoLTE service to first UEat 522. It is understood that in at least some embodiments, sufficientcapacity includes capacity for the requested VoLTE service as well asspare capacity to monitor or otherwise detect any subsequent requestsfor service, including requests for VoLTE services, e.g., by another UE.

To the extent that sufficient capacity does not exist at 514, identifyone or more attached, active and/or idle second UE(s) associated withnon-real-time services at 516. A decision is made at 518 as to whetheran increase capacity exists. To the extent that an increase capacityexists at 518, one or more of the second UE(s) are handed over toanother carrier at 520, and proceed with VoLTE service to the first UEat 522.

To the extent that an increase capacity does not exist at 518, one ormore second UE(s) are slowed at 524, while keeping at least one of theone or more second UEs on the at 520, and proceed with VoLTE service tothe first UE at 522.

Referring again to FIG. 1, in some embodiments, the hardwareconservation controller 130 can be included within the source eNB 102 a.The controller 130 can monitor utilization of wireless carriers at thesource eNB 102 a. The controller can identify demand for service basedon protocol exchanges with the UE 122.

In some embodiments, the hardware conservation controller 130 can beincluded within the destination eNB 102 a or 102 b. The controller 130can monitor utilization of wireless carriers at the source eNB 102 a,e.g., through messages exchanged between the source eNB 102 a and thetarget eNB 102 a, 102 b, e.g., by way of an X2 interface between theeNBs 102 a, 102 b, and/or an internal interface of the same eNB 102 a.The controller 130 can identify demand for service based on protocolexchanges with one or more of the UE 122 and the destination eNB 102 a,102 b.

In some embodiments, the hardware conservation controller 130 can beincluded in one or more of the functional modules 114, 116, 118 of theEPC 112. Once again, the controller 130 can monitor utilization ofwireless carriers at the source eNB 102 a, e.g., through messagesexchanged between the source eNB 102 a and/or the target eNB 102 a, 102b, e.g., by way of standard interfaces between the eNBs 102 a, 102 b andthe functional modules of the EPC 112.

In some embodiments, the hardware conservation controller 130 can beprovided by another module, such as a separate or standalone server incommunication with one or more of the eNB 102 a, 102 b, the EPC 112and/or the UE 122. For example, a server implementation of thecontroller 130 can be collocated at the EPC 112 and/or remote andaccessible by way of a network connection, such as the packet datanetwork 120.

In some embodiments, the radio 106 providing the non-real-time wirelessservice to the exclusion of real-time wireless voice service can beprovided without any E911 service; whereas, the radio providing thereal-time voice services does provide the E911 service.

It is understood that the techniques disclosed herein can be applied,without restriction, to any of the example bandwidth and channelconfigurations. Conversational voice generally requires UL and DL. Anyof the techniques disclosed herein can be based on or otherwise appliedto one of the UL, the DL or a combination of the UL and DL.

While for purposes of simplicity of explanation, the respectiveprocesses are shown and described as a series of blocks in FIGS. 4-5, itis to be understood and appreciated that the claimed subject matter isnot limited by the order of the blocks, as some blocks may occur indifferent orders and/or concurrently with other blocks from what isdepicted and described herein. Moreover, not all illustrated blocks maybe required to implement the methods described herein.

FIG. 6 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a first communicationsystem 600 for delivering media content. The communication system 600can represent an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) media system.Communication system 600 can be overlaid or operably coupled withreference to the wireless mobility network 100-300 of FIGS. 1, 2 and/or3 as another representative embodiment of communication system 600. Forinstance, one or more devices illustrated in the communication system600 of FIG. 6 can determine a demand for real-time services to a firstUE 122 (FIG. 1), by way of an eNB 102 of an LTE system 100. In response,a utilization of a first wireless channel C2 (FIG. 3) of a first radio106 a of the base station 102 a is evaluated. The first radio 106 asupports a first wireless service that includes the real-time service,such as VoLTE, and a non-real-time service to a second mobile devicewithin the same cellular region. A handover of the second mobile deviceto a second radio 106 b of the base station 102 a is facilitated inresponse to the utilization. The second radio 106 b is configured tosupport a second wireless service that excludes the real-time servicewithin the same cellular region 105 a. Responsive to the handover, thesecond radio 106 b supports the non-real-time service over the secondwireless channel to the second mobile device within the cellular region105 a.

The IPTV media system can include a super head-end office (SHO) 610 withat least one super headend office server (SHS) 611 which receives mediacontent from satellite and/or terrestrial communication systems. In thepresent context, media content can represent, for example, audiocontent, moving image content such as 2D or 3D videos, video games,virtual reality content, still image content, and combinations thereof.The SHS server 611 can forward packets associated with the media contentto one or more video head-end servers (VHS) 614 via a network of videohead-end offices (VHO) 612 according to a multicast communicationprotocol.

The VHS 614 can distribute multimedia broadcast content via an accessnetwork 618 to commercial and/or residential buildings 602 housing agateway 604 (such as a residential or commercial gateway). The accessnetwork 618 can represent a group of digital subscriber line accessmultiplexers (DSLAMs) located in a central office or a service areainterface that provide broadband services over fiber optical links orcopper twisted pairs 619 to buildings 602. The gateway 604 can usecommunication technology to distribute broadcast signals to mediaprocessors 606 such as Set-Top Boxes (STBs) which in turn presentbroadcast channels to media devices 608 such as computers or televisionsets managed in some instances by a media controller 607 (such as aninfrared or RF remote controller).

The gateway 604, the media processors 606, and media devices 608 canutilize tethered communication technologies (such as coaxial, powerlineor phone line wiring) or can operate over a wireless access protocolsuch as Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), Bluetooth®, Zigbee®, or other presentor next generation local or personal area wireless network technologies.By way of these interfaces, unicast communications can also be invokedbetween the media processors 606 and subsystems of the IPTV media systemfor services such as video-on-demand (VoD), browsing an electronicprogramming guide (EPG), or other infrastructure services.

A satellite broadcast television system 629 can be used in the mediasystem of FIG. 6. The satellite broadcast television system can beoverlaid, operably coupled with, or replace the IPTV system as anotherrepresentative embodiment of communication system 600. In thisembodiment, signals transmitted by a satellite 615 that include mediacontent can be received by a satellite dish receiver 631 coupled to thebuilding 602. Modulated signals received by the satellite dish receiver631 can be transferred to the media processors 606 for demodulating,decoding, encoding, and/or distributing broadcast channels to the mediadevices 608. The media processors 606 can be equipped with a broadbandport to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network 632 to enableinteractive services such as VoD and EPG as described above.

In yet another embodiment, an analog or digital cable broadcastdistribution system such as cable TV system 633 can be overlaid,operably coupled with, or replace the IPTV system and/or the satelliteTV system as another representative embodiment of communication system600. In this embodiment, the cable TV system 633 can also provideInternet, telephony, and interactive media services. System 600 enablesvarious types of interactive television and/or services including IPTV,cable and/or satellite.

The subject disclosure can apply to other present or next generationover-the-air and/or landline media content services system.

Some of the network elements of the IPTV media system can be coupled toone or more computing devices 630, a portion of which can operate as aweb server for providing web portal services over the ISP network 632 towireline media devices 608 or wireless communication devices 616.

Communication system 600 can also provide for all or a portion of thecomputing devices 630 to function as a hardware conservation controller(herein referred to as controller 630). The controller 630 can usecomputing and communication technology to perform function 662, whichcan include among other things, the hardware consolidating techniquesdescribed by processes 400 and/or 500 of FIGS. 4-5. For instance,function 662 of the controller 630 can be similar to the functionsdescribed for the controller 130 of FIG. 1 in accordance with theprocesses 400 and/or 500. The wireless communication devices 616 can beprovisioned with software function 666, to utilize the services of thecontroller 630. For instance, functions 666 of the wirelesscommunication devices 616 can be similar to the functions described forthe communication devices 122 of FIG. 1 in accordance with the processes400 and/or 500 of FIGS. 4-5.

Multiple forms of media services can be offered to media devices overlandline technologies such as those described above. Additionally, mediaservices can be offered to media devices by way of a wireless accessbase station 617 operating according to common wireless access protocolssuch as Global System for Mobile or GSM, Code Division Multiple Accessor CDMA, Time Division Multiple Access or TDMA, Universal MobileTelecommunications or UMTS, World interoperability for Microwave orWiMAX, Software Defined Radio or SDR, Long Term Evolution or LTE, and soon. Other present and next generation wide area wireless access networktechnologies can be used in one or more embodiments of the subjectdisclosure.

FIG. 7 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a communication system 700employing an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network architecture tofacilitate the combined services of circuit-switched and packet-switchedsystems. Communication system 700 can be overlaid or operably coupledwith system 100 of FIG. 1 and communication system 600 as anotherrepresentative embodiment of communication system 600. A controller 630can determine a demand for real-time services to a first UE 705, by wayof an eNB of an LTE system 721. In response, a utilization of a firstwireless channel C2 (FIG. 3) of a first radio 106 a of the base station102 a is evaluated. The first radio 106 a supports a first wirelessservice that includes the real-time service, such as VoLTE, and anon-real-time service to a second mobile device within the same cellularregion. A handover of the second mobile device to a second radio 106 bof the base station 102 a is facilitated in response to the utilization.The second radio 106 b is configured to support a second wirelessservice that excludes the real-time service within the same cellularregion 105 a. Responsive to the handover, the second radio 106 bsupports the non-real-time service over the second wireless channel tothe second mobile device within the cellular region 105 a.

Communication system 700 can comprise a Home Subscriber Server (HSS)740, a tElephone NUmber Mapping (ENUM) server 730, and other networkelements of an IMS network 750. The IMS network 750 can establishcommunications between IMS-compliant communication devices (CDs) 701,702, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) CDs 703, 705, andcombinations thereof by way of a Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF)720 coupled to a PSTN network 760. The MGCF 720 need not be used when acommunication session involves IMS CD to IMS CD communications. Acommunication session involving at least one PSTN CD may utilize theMGCF 720.

IMS CDs 701, 702 can register with the IMS network 750 by contacting aProxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) which communicates with aninterrogating CSCF (I-CSCF), which in turn, communicates with a ServingCSCF (S-CSCF) to register the CDs with the HSS 740. To initiate acommunication session between CDs, an originating IMS CD 701 can submita Session Initiation Protocol (SIP INVITE) message to an originatingP-CSCF 704 which communicates with a corresponding originating S-CSCF706. The originating S-CSCF 706 can submit the SIP INVITE message to oneor more application servers (aSs) 717 that can provide a variety ofservices to IMS subscribers.

For example, the application servers 717 can be used to performoriginating call feature treatment functions on the calling party numberreceived by the originating S-CSCF 706 in the SIP INVITE message.Originating treatment functions can include determining whether thecalling party number has international calling services, call IDblocking, calling name blocking, 7-digit dialing, and/or is requestingspecial telephony features (e.g., *72 forward calls, *73 cancel callforwarding, *67 for caller ID blocking, and so on). Based on initialfilter criteria (iFCs) in a subscriber profile associated with a CD, oneor more application servers may be invoked to provide various calloriginating feature services.

Additionally, the originating S-CSCF 706 can submit queries to the ENUMsystem 730 to translate an E.164 telephone number in the SIP INVITEmessage to a SIP Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) if the terminatingcommunication device is IMS-compliant. The SIP URI can be used by anInterrogating CSCF (I-CSCF) 707 to submit a query to the HSS 740 toidentify a terminating S-CSCF 714 associated with a terminating IMS CDsuch as reference 702. Once identified, the I-CSCF 707 can submit theSIP INVITE message to the terminating S-CSCF 714. The terminating S-CSCF714 can then identify a terminating P-CSCF 716 associated with theterminating CD 702. The P-CSCF 716 may then signal the CD 702 toestablish Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication services,thereby enabling the calling and called parties to engage in voiceand/or data communications. Based on the iFCs in the subscriber profile,one or more application servers may be invoked to provide various callterminating feature services, such as call forwarding, do not disturb,music tones, simultaneous ringing, sequential ringing, etc.

In some instances the aforementioned communication process issymmetrical. Accordingly, the terms “originating” and “terminating” inFIG. 7 may be interchangeable. It is further noted that communicationsystem 700 can be adapted to support video conferencing. In addition,communication system 700 can be adapted to provide the IMS CDs 701, 702with the multimedia and Internet services of communication system 600 ofFIG. 6.

If the terminating communication device is instead a PSTN CD such as CD703 or CD 705 (in instances where the cellular phone only supportscircuit-switched voice communications), the ENUM system 730 can respondwith an unsuccessful address resolution which can cause the originatingS-CSCF 706 to forward the call to the MGCF 720 via a Breakout GatewayControl Function (BGCF) 719. The MGCF 720 can then initiate the call tothe terminating PSTN CD over the PSTN network 760 to enable the callingand called parties to engage in voice and/or data communications.

It is further appreciated that the CDs of FIG. 7 can operate as wirelineor wireless devices. For example, the CDs of FIG. 7 can becommunicatively coupled to a cellular base station 721, a femtocell, aWiFi router, a Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) baseunit, or another suitable wireless access unit to establishcommunications with the IMS network 750 of FIG. 7. The cellular accessbase station 721 can operate according to common wireless accessprotocols such as GSM, CDMA, TDMA, UMTS, WiMax, SDR, LTE, and so on.Other present and next generation wireless network technologies can beused by one or more embodiments of the subject disclosure. Accordingly,multiple wireline and wireless communication technologies can be used bythe CDs of FIG. 7.

Cellular phones supporting LTE can support packet-switched voice andpacket-switched data communications and thus may operate asIMS-compliant mobile devices. In this embodiment, the cellular basestation 721 may communicate directly with the IMS network 750 as shownby the arrow connecting the cellular base station 721 and the P-CSCF716.

Alternative forms of a CSCF can operate in a device, system, component,or other form of centralized or distributed hardware and/or software.Indeed, a respective CSCF may be embodied as a respective CSCF systemhaving one or more computers or servers, either centralized ordistributed, where each computer or server may be configured to performor provide, in whole or in part, any method, step, or functionalitydescribed herein in accordance with a respective CSCF. Likewise, otherfunctions, servers and computers described herein, including but notlimited to, the HSS, the ENUM server, the BGCF, and the MGCF, can beembodied in a respective system having one or more computers or servers,either centralized or distributed, where each computer or server may beconfigured to perform or provide, in whole or in part, any method, step,or functionality described herein in accordance with a respectivefunction, server, or computer.

The controller 630 of FIG. 6 can be operably coupled to communicationsystem 700 for purposes similar to those described above. The controller630 can perform function 662 and thereby provide hardware consolidationsservices to the CD 705 of FIG. 7 similar to the functions described forthe controller 130 of FIG. 1 in accordance with processes 400 and/or 500of FIGS. 4-5. CD 702, which can be adapted with software to performfunction 772 to utilize the services of the controller 630 similar tothe functions described for communication device 122 of FIG. 1 inaccordance with processes 400 and/or 500 of FIGS. 4-5. The controller630 can be an integral part of the evolved packet core 771 performingfunction 774, which can be substantially similar to function 663 andadapted to the operations of the IMS network 750.

For illustration purposes only, the terms S-CSCF, P-CSCF, I-CSCF, and soon, can be server devices, but may be referred to in the subjectdisclosure without the word “server.” It is also understood that anyform of a CSCF server can operate in a device, system, component, orother form of centralized or distributed hardware and software. It isfurther noted that these terms and other terms such as DIAMETER commandsare terms can include features, methodologies, and/or fields that may bedescribed in whole or in part by standards bodies such as 3′ GenerationPartnership Project (3GPP). It is further noted that some or allembodiments of the subject disclosure may in whole or in part modify,supplement, or otherwise supersede final or proposed standards publishedand promulgated by 3GPP.

FIG. 8 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a web portal 802 of acommunication system 800. Communication system 800 can be overlaid oroperably coupled with systems 100 of FIG. 1, communication system 600,and/or communication system 700 as another representative embodiment ofthe system 100 of FIG. 1, communication system 600, and/or communicationsystem 700. The web portal 802 can be used for managing services of thesystem 100 of FIG. 1 and communication systems 600-700. A web page ofthe web portal 802 can be accessed by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)with an Internet browser using an Internet-capable communication devicesuch as those described in FIG. 1 and FIGS. 6-7. The web portal 802 canbe configured, for example, to access a media processor 606 and servicesmanaged thereby such as a Digital Video Recorder (DVR), a Video onDemand (VoD) catalog, an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG), or apersonal catalog (such as personal videos, pictures, audio recordings,etc.) stored at the media processor 606. The web portal 802 can also beused for provisioning IMS services described earlier, provisioningInternet services, provisioning cellular phone services, and so on.

The web portal 802 can further be utilized to manage and provisionsoftware applications 662-666, and 772-776 to adapt these applicationsas may be desired by subscribers, operators and/or service providers ofthe system 100 of FIG. 1, and communication systems 600-700. Forinstance, users of the services provided by the controller 130 orcontroller 630 can log into their on-line accounts and provision thecontroller 130 or controller 630 with user profiles, eNB profiles,provide contact information to the controller to enable it tocommunication with devices described in FIGS. 1-7, and so on. Serviceproviders can log onto an administrator account to provision, monitorand/or maintain the systems 100 of FIG. 1 or server 630.

FIG. 9 depicts an illustrative embodiment of a communication device 900.Communication device 900 can serve in whole or in part as anillustrative embodiment of the devices depicted in FIG. 1, and FIGS. 6-7and can be configured to perform portions of the processes 400 and/or500 of FIGS. 4-5.

Communication device 900 can comprise a wireline and/or wirelesstransceiver 902 (herein transceiver 902), a user interface (UI) 904, apower supply 914, a location receiver 916, a motion sensor 918, anorientation sensor 920, and a controller 906 for managing operationsthereof. The transceiver 902 can support short-range or long-rangewireless access technologies such as Bluetooth®, ZigBee®, WiFi, DECT, orcellular communication technologies, just to mention a few (Bluetooth®and ZigBee® are trademarks registered by the Bluetooth® Special InterestGroup and the ZigBee® Alliance, respectively). Cellular technologies caninclude, for example, CDMA-1×, UMTS/HSDPA, GSM/GPRS, TDMA/EDGE, EV/DO,WiMAX, SDR, LTE, as well as other next generation wireless communicationtechnologies as they arise. The transceiver 902 can also be adapted tosupport circuit-switched wireline access technologies (such as PSTN),packet-switched wireline access technologies (such as TCP/IP, VoIP,etc.), and combinations thereof.

The UI 904 can include a depressible or touch-sensitive keypad 908 witha navigation mechanism such as a roller ball, a joystick, a mouse, or anavigation disk for manipulating operations of the communication device900. The keypad 908 can be an integral part of a housing assembly of thecommunication device 900 or an independent device operably coupledthereto by a tethered wireline interface (such as a USB cable) or awireless interface supporting for example Bluetooth®. The keypad 908 canrepresent a numeric keypad commonly used by phones, and/or a QWERTYkeypad with alphanumeric keys. The UI 904 can further include a display910 such as monochrome or color LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), OLED(Organic Light Emitting Diode) or other suitable display technology forconveying images to an end user of the communication device 900. In anembodiment where the display 910 is touch-sensitive, a portion or all ofthe keypad 908 can be presented by way of the display 910 withnavigation features.

The display 910 can use touch screen technology to also serve as a userinterface for detecting user input. As a touch screen display, thecommunication device 900 can be adapted to present a user interface withgraphical user interface (GUI) elements that can be selected by a userwith a touch of a finger. The touch screen display 910 can be equippedwith capacitive, resistive or other forms of sensing technology todetect how much surface area of a user's finger has been placed on aportion of the touch screen display. This sensing information can beused to control the manipulation of the GUI elements or other functionsof the user interface. The display 910 can be an integral part of thehousing assembly of the communication device 900 or an independentdevice communicatively coupled thereto by a tethered wireline interface(such as a cable) or a wireless interface.

The UI 904 can also include an audio system 912 that utilizes audiotechnology for conveying low volume audio (such as audio heard inproximity of a human ear) and high volume audio (such as speakerphonefor hands free operation). The audio system 912 can further include amicrophone for receiving audible signals of an end user. The audiosystem 912 can also be used for voice recognition applications. The UI904 can further include an image sensor 913 such as a charged coupleddevice (CCD) camera for capturing still or moving images.

The power supply 914 can utilize common power management technologiessuch as replaceable and rechargeable batteries, supply regulationtechnologies, and/or charging system technologies for supplying energyto the components of the communication device 900 to facilitatelong-range or short-range portable applications. Alternatively, or incombination, the charging system can utilize external power sources suchas DC power supplied over a physical interface such as a USB port orother suitable tethering technologies.

The location receiver 916 can utilize location technology such as aglobal positioning system (GPS) receiver capable of assisted GPS foridentifying a location of the communication device 900 based on signalsgenerated by a constellation of GPS satellites, which can be used forfacilitating location services such as navigation. The motion sensor 918can utilize motion sensing technology such as an accelerometer, agyroscope, or other suitable motion sensing technology to detect motionof the communication device 900 in three-dimensional space. Theorientation sensor 920 can utilize orientation sensing technology suchas a magnetometer to detect the orientation of the communication device900 (north, south, west, and east, as well as combined orientations indegrees, minutes, or other suitable orientation metrics).

The communication device 900 can use the transceiver 902 to alsodetermine a proximity to a cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth®, or other wirelessaccess points by sensing techniques such as utilizing a received signalstrength indicator (RSSI) and/or signal time of arrival (TOA) or time offlight (TOF) measurements. The controller 906 can utilize computingtechnologies such as a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP),programmable gate arrays, application specific integrated circuits,and/or a video processor with associated storage memory such as Flash,ROM, RAM, SRAM, DRAM or other storage technologies for executingcomputer instructions, controlling, and processing data supplied by theaforementioned components of the communication device 900.

Other components not shown in FIG. 9 can be used in one or moreembodiments of the subject disclosure. For instance, the communicationdevice 900 can include a reset button (not shown). The reset button canbe used to reset the controller 906 of the communication device 900. Inyet another embodiment, the communication device 900 can also include afactory default setting button positioned, for example, below a smallhole in a housing assembly of the communication device 900 to force thecommunication device 900 to re-establish factory settings. In thisembodiment, a user can use a protruding object such as a pen or paperclip tip to reach into the hole and depress the default setting button.The communication device 900 can also include a slot for adding orremoving an identity module such as a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)card. SIM cards can be used for identifying subscriber services,executing programs, storing subscriber data, and so forth.

The communication device 900 as described herein can operate with moreor less of the circuit components shown in FIG. 9. These variantembodiments can be used in one or more embodiments of the subjectdisclosure.

The communication device 900 can be adapted to perform the functions ofdevices of FIG. 1, the media processor 606, the media devices 608, orthe portable communication devices 616 of FIG. 6, as well as the IMS CDs701-702 and PSTN CDs 703-705 of FIG. 7. It will be appreciated that thecommunication device 900 can also represent other devices that canoperate in system of FIG. 1, communication systems 600-700 of FIGS. 6-7such as a gaming console and a media player. In addition, the controller906 can be adapted in various embodiments to perform the functions662-666 and 772-776, respectively.

Upon reviewing the aforementioned embodiments, it would be evident to anartisan with ordinary skill in the art that said embodiments can bemodified, reduced, or enhanced without departing from the scope of theclaims described below. For example, resources of an RF carrier thatsupports VoLTE can be freed by transitioning one or more of the secondmobile communication devices to another wireless mobile technologyand/or radio access technology. This might include falling back from LTEto services generally associated with Cellular technologies can include,for example, IS-95, CDMA2000 1×, CDMA-1×, UMTS/HSDPA, GSM/GPRS,TDMA/EDGE, EV/DO, UMB, WiMAX, SDR, GSM, WCDMA, HSPA (High-Speed PacketAccess) and WiFi. Other embodiments can be used in the subjectdisclosure. Such a move to another radio access technology can beaccomplished alone or in combination with a slowing/moving of the secondmobile communication devices to another LTE carrier. It is to beunderstood that the techniques disclosed herein are not limited to thedisclosed embodiments. For example, the techniques can be applied tofuture technologies, such as LTE Advanced and/or 5G networks.

By way of further example, one or more of the first and second basestations, the first and second RF carrier can include a HeterogeneousNetwork (HetNet). A HetNet is a mix of high power macro-eNBs andlow-power micro/Pico/Femto/relay base stations that are deployed forincremental capacity growth and coverage enhancement.

Macrocells are conventional base stations with power about 20 W, thatuse dedicated backhaul, are open to public access and range is about 1km to 20 km. Microcells provide additional coverage and capacity inareas where there are high numbers of users, for Example, urban andsuburban areas. Some microcells cover about 10% of the area of aMacrocell. Microcells are base stations with power between about 1 to 5W that use a dedicated backhaul and are open to public access, with arange of about 500 m to 2 km.

Picocells provide more localized coverage, and are generally foundinside buildings where coverage may be poor, or where there is a denseuser population. The power range is from about 50 mW to about 1 W, withdedicated backhaul connections. Picocells are usually open to publicaccess with a range of about 200 m or less. A femtocell is a basestation that allows mobile phone users to make calls from inside theirhomes via their Internet broadband connection.

It should be understood that devices described in the exemplaryembodiments can be in communication with each other via various wirelessand/or wired methodologies. The methodologies can be links that aredescribed as coupled, connected and so forth, which can includeunidirectional and/or bidirectional communication over wireless pathsand/or wired paths that utilize one or more of various protocols ormethodologies, where the coupling and/or connection can be direct (e.g.,no intervening processing device) and/or indirect (e.g., an intermediaryprocessing device such as a router).

FIG. 10 depicts an exemplary diagrammatic representation of a machine inthe form of a computer system 1000 within which a set of instructions,when executed, may cause the machine to perform any one or more of themethods described above. One or more instances of the machine canoperate, for example, as the controller 630, the eNB 606, a device inthe evolved packet core 619, 771, such as an MME 114 and/or a S-GW 116and other devices of FIGS. 1 and 6-7. In some embodiments, the machinemay be connected (e.g., using a network 1026) to other machines. In anetworked deployment, the machine may operate in the capacity of aserver or a client user machine in a server-client user networkenvironment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed)network environment.

The machine may comprise a server computer, a client user computer, apersonal computer (PC), a tablet, a smart phone, a laptop computer, adesktop computer, a control system, a network router, switch or bridge,or any machine capable of executing a set of instructions (sequential orotherwise) that specify actions to be taken by that machine. It will beunderstood that a communication device of the subject disclosureincludes broadly any electronic device that provides voice, video ordata communication. Further, while a single machine is illustrated, theterm “machine” shall also be taken to include any collection of machinesthat individually or jointly execute a set (or multiple sets) ofinstructions to perform any one or more of the methods discussed herein.

The computer system 1000 may include a processor (or controller) 1002(e.g., a central processing unit (CPU)), a graphics processing unit(GPU, or both), a main memory 1004 and a static memory 1006, whichcommunicate with each other via a bus 1008. The computer system 1000 mayfurther include a display unit 1010 (e.g., a liquid crystal display(LCD), a flat panel, or a solid state display). The computer system 1000may include an input device 1012 (e.g., a keyboard), a cursor controldevice 1014 (e.g., a mouse), a disk drive unit 1016, a signal generationdevice 1018 (e.g., a speaker or remote control) and a network interfacedevice 1020. In distributed environments, the embodiments described inthe subject disclosure can be adapted to utilize multiple display units1010 controlled by two or more computer systems 1000. In thisconfiguration, presentations described by the subject disclosure may inpart be shown in a first of the display units 1010, while the remainingportion is presented in a second of the display units 1010.

The disk drive unit 1016 may include a tangible computer-readablestorage medium 1022 on which is stored one or more sets of instructions(e.g., software 1024) embodying any one or more of the methods orfunctions described herein, including those methods illustrated above.The instructions 1024 may also reside, completely or at least partially,within the main memory 1004, the static memory 1006, and/or within theprocessor 1002 during execution thereof by the computer system 1000. Themain memory 1004 and the processor 1002 also may constitute tangiblecomputer-readable storage media.

Dedicated hardware implementations including, but not limited to,application specific integrated circuits, programmable logic arrays andother hardware devices can likewise be constructed to implement themethods described herein. Application specific integrated circuits andprogrammable logic array can use downloadable instructions for executingstate machines and/or circuit configurations to implement embodiments ofthe subject disclosure. Applications that may include the apparatus andsystems of various embodiments broadly include a variety of electronicand computer systems. Some embodiments implement functions in two ormore specific interconnected hardware modules or devices with relatedcontrol and data signals communicated between and through the modules,or as portions of an application-specific integrated circuit. Thus, theexample system is applicable to software, firmware, and hardwareimplementations.

In accordance with various embodiments of the subject disclosure, theoperations or methods described herein are intended for operation assoftware programs or instructions running on or executed by a computerprocessor or other computing device, and which may include other formsof instructions manifested as a state machine implemented with logiccomponents in an application specific integrated circuit or fieldprogrammable gate array. Furthermore, software implementations (e.g.,software programs, instructions, etc.) including, but not limited to,distributed processing or component/object distributed processing,parallel processing, or virtual machine processing can also beconstructed to implement the methods described herein. It is furthernoted that a computing device such as a processor, a controller, a statemachine or other suitable device for executing instructions to performoperations or methods may perform such operations directly or indirectlyby way of one or more intermediate devices directed by the computingdevice.

While the tangible computer-readable storage medium 1022 is shown in anexample embodiment to be a single medium, the term “tangiblecomputer-readable storage medium” should be taken to include a singlemedium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database,and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one or more sets ofinstructions. The term “tangible computer-readable storage medium” shallalso be taken to include any non-transitory medium that is capable ofstoring or encoding a set of instructions for execution by the machineand that cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methods ofthe subject disclosure. The term “non-transitory” as in a non-transitorycomputer-readable storage includes without limitation memories, drives,devices and anything tangible but not a signal per se.

The term “tangible computer-readable storage medium” shall accordinglybe taken to include, but not be limited to: solid-state memories such asa memory card or other package that houses one or more read-only(non-volatile) memories, random access memories, or other re-writable(volatile) memories, a magneto-optical or optical medium such as a diskor tape, or other tangible media which can be used to store information.Accordingly, the disclosure is considered to include any one or more ofa tangible computer-readable storage medium, as listed herein andincluding art-recognized equivalents and successor media, in which thesoftware implementations herein are stored.

Although the present specification describes components and functionsimplemented in the embodiments with reference to particular standardsand protocols, the disclosure is not limited to such standards andprotocols. Each of the standards for Internet and other packet switchednetwork transmission (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP/IP, HTML, HTTP) representexamples of the state of the art. Such standards are from time-to-timesuperseded by faster or more efficient equivalents having essentiallythe same functions. Wireless standards for device detection (e.g.,RFID), short-range communications (e.g., Bluetooth®, WiFi, Zigbee®), andlong-range communications (e.g., WiMAX, GSM, CDMA, LTE) can be used bycomputer system 1000. In one or more embodiments, information regardinguse of services can be generated including services being accessed,media consumption history, user preferences, and so forth. Thisinformation can be obtained by various methods including user input,detecting types of communications (e.g., video content vs. audiocontent), analysis of content streams, and so forth. The generating,obtaining and/or monitoring of this information can be responsive to anauthorization provided by the user.

The illustrations of embodiments described herein are intended toprovide a general understanding of the structure of various embodiments,and they are not intended to serve as a complete description of all theelements and features of apparatus and systems that might make use ofthe structures described herein. Many other embodiments will be apparentto those of skill in the art upon reviewing the above description. Theexemplary embodiments can include combinations of features and/or stepsfrom multiple embodiments. Other embodiments may be utilized and derivedtherefrom, such that structural and logical substitutions and changesmay be made without departing from the scope of this disclosure. Figuresare also merely representational and may not be drawn to scale. Certainproportions thereof may be exaggerated, while others may be minimized.Accordingly, the specification and drawings are to be regarded in anillustrative rather than a restrictive sense.

Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and describedherein, it should be appreciated that any arrangement which achieves thesame or similar purpose may be substituted for the embodiments describedor shown by the subject disclosure. The subject disclosure is intendedto cover any and all adaptations or variations of various embodiments.Combinations of the above embodiments, and other embodiments notspecifically described herein, can be used in the subject disclosure.For instance, one or more features from one or more embodiments can becombined with one or more features of one or more other embodiments. Inone or more embodiments, features that are positively recited can alsobe negatively recited and excluded from the embodiment with or withoutreplacement by another structural and/or functional feature. The stepsor functions described with respect to the embodiments of the subjectdisclosure can be performed in any order. The steps or functionsdescribed with respect to the embodiments of the subject disclosure canbe performed alone or in combination with other steps or functions ofthe subject disclosure, as well as from other embodiments or from othersteps that have not been described in the subject disclosure. Further,more than or less than all of the features described with respect to anembodiment can also be utilized.

Less than all of the steps or functions described with respect to theexemplary processes or methods can also be performed in one or more ofthe exemplary embodiments. Further, the use of numerical terms todescribe a device, component, step or function, such as first, second,third, and so forth, is not intended to describe an order or functionunless expressly stated so. The use of the terms first, second, thirdand so forth, is generally to distinguish between devices, components,steps or functions unless expressly stated otherwise. Additionally, oneor more devices or components described with respect to the exemplaryembodiments can facilitate one or more functions, where the facilitating(e.g., facilitating access or facilitating establishing a connection)can include less than every step needed to perform the function or caninclude all of the steps needed to perform the function.

In one or more embodiments, a processor (which can include a controlleror circuit) has been described that performs various functions. Itshould be understood that the processor can be multiple processors,which can include distributed processors or parallel processors in asingle machine or multiple machines. The processor can be used insupporting a virtual processing environment. The virtual processingenvironment may support one or more virtual machines representingcomputers, servers, or other computing devices. In such virtualmachines, components such as microprocessors and storage devices may bevirtualized or logically represented. The processor can include a statemachine, application specific integrated circuit, and/or programmablegate array including a Field PGA. In one or more embodiments, when aprocessor executes instructions to perform “operations”, this caninclude the processor performing the operations directly and/orfacilitating, directing, or cooperating with another device or componentto perform the operations.

The Abstract of the Disclosure is provided with the understanding thatit will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of theclaims. In addition, in the foregoing Detailed Description, it can beseen that various features are grouped together in a single embodimentfor the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method ofdisclosure is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that theclaimed embodiments require more features than are expressly recited ineach claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive subjectmatter lies in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment.Thus the following claims are hereby incorporated into the DetailedDescription, with each claim standing on its own as a separately claimedsubject matter.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: detecting, by a systemcomprising a processor, a demand for Voice over Long Term Evolution(VoLTE) service to a first mobile device, by way of an evolved Node B(eNB) base station of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access(E-UTRA) radio access network, wherein the demand for the VoLTE serviceis detected according to determination of packet type; responsive to thedetecting of the demand for the VoLTE service, evaluating, by thesystem, a utilization of a first wireless channel of a first radio ofthe eNB base station, wherein the first radio facilitates support of afirst wireless service over the first wireless channel that includes theVoLTE service within a cellular region, wherein the first radio providesa non-VoLTE service over the first wireless channel to a plurality ofmobile devices within the cellular region, and wherein the evaluating ofthe utilization of the first wireless channel comprises identifying aphysical resource block allocation associated with one or more non-VoLTEmobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices; responsive to theevaluating of the utilization of the first wireless channel, selecting,by the system, one of the one or more non-VoLTE mobile devices as aselected mobile device; and responsive to the evaluating of theutilization of the first wireless channel, facilitating, by the system,a handover of the selected mobile device to a second radio of the eNBbase station, wherein the second radio facilitates support of a secondwireless service that excludes the VoLTE service over a second wirelesschannel within the cellular region, and wherein, responsive to thehandover, the second radio supports the non-VoLTE service over thesecond wireless channel to the selected mobile device within thecellular region.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:identifying, by the system, a portion of the physical resource blockallocation associated with another mobile device of the one or morenon-VoLTE mobile devices; and reducing, by the system, the portion ofthe physical resource block allocation associated with the anothermobile device of the one or more non-VoLTE mobile devices to obtain amodified physical resource block allocation, wherein the modifiedphysical resource block allocation comprises an increase in availablecapacity of the first wireless channel to support a provision of theVoLTE service to the first mobile device.
 3. The method of claim 1,further comprising: determining, by the system, a capacity based on anutilization of the first wireless service over the first wirelesschannel; and determining, by the system, that the capacity isinsufficient to satisfy the demand for the VoLTE service to the firstmobile device, wherein the handover of the selected mobile device to thesecond radio increases the capacity of the first wireless channel tosupport a provision of the VoLTE service to the first mobile device. 4.The method of claim 1, further comprising reserving a portion of aphysical resource block of the first wireless channel of the first radioto accommodate other demands for VoLTE service.
 5. The method of claim1, wherein the second radio does not support an enhanced 911 emergencyservice to any mobile devices within the cellular region.
 6. The methodof claim 1, wherein the first mobile device comprises a cellular phone.7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or morenon-VoLTE mobile devices comprises a tablet.
 8. A system comprising: aprocessor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, whenexecuted by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, theoperations comprising: determining a demand for real-time service to afirst mobile device, by way of an evolved Node B (eNB) base station ofan Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E- UTRA) radio accessnetwork, wherein the demand for the real-time service is determinedaccording to determination of packet type; responsive to the determiningof the demand for the real-time service, evaluating a utilization of afirst wireless channel of a first radio of the eNB base station, whereinthe first radio facilitates support of a first wireless service over thefirst wireless channel that includes the real-time service within acellular region, wherein the first radio provides a non-real-timeservice over the first wireless channel to a plurality of mobile deviceswithin the cellular region, and wherein the evaluating of theutilization of the first wireless channel comprises identifying aphysical resource block allocation associated with one or morenon-real-time mobile devices of the plurality of mobile devices; andresponsive to the evaluating of the utilization of the first wirelesschannel, selecting one of the one or more non-real-time mobile devicesas a selected mobile device; and responsive to the evaluating of theutilization of the first wireless channel, facilitating a handover ofthe selected mobile device to a second radio of the eNB base station,wherein the second radio facilitates support of a second wirelessservice that excludes the real-time service over a second wirelesschannel within the cellular region, and wherein, responsive to thehandover, the second radio supports the non-real-time service over thesecond wireless channel to the selected mobile device within thecellular region.
 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operationsfurther comprise: identifying a portion of the physical resource blockallocation associated with another mobile device of the one or morenon-real-time mobile devices; and reducing the portion of the physicalresource block allocation associated with the another mobile device ofthe one or more non-real-time mobile devices to obtain a modifiedphysical resource block allocation, wherein the modified physicalresource block allocation comprises an increase in available capacity ofthe first wireless channel to support a provision of the real-timeservice to the first mobile device.
 10. The system of claim 8, whereinthe operations further comprise: determining a capacity based on anutilization of the first wireless service over the first wirelesschannel; and determining that the capacity is insufficient to satisfythe demand for the real-time service to the first mobile device, whereinthe handover of the selected mobile device to the second radio increasesthe capacity of the first wireless channel to support a provision of thereal-time service to the first mobile device.
 11. The system of claim 8,wherein the real-time service comprises conversational voice.
 12. Thesystem of claim 8, wherein the second radio does not support an enhanced911 emergency service to any mobile devices within the cellular region.13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first mobile device comprises acellular phone.
 14. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of theone or more non-real-time mobile devices comprises a tablet.
 15. Anon-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executableinstructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performanceof operations, the operations comprising: determining a demand forreal-time service to a first mobile device, the real-time service beingby way of a base station of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial RadioAccess (E-UTRA) radio access network, wherein the demand for thereal-time service is determined according to determination of packettype; responsive to the determining of the demand for the real-timeservice, evaluating a utilization of a first wireless channel of a firstradio of the base station, wherein the first radio facilitates supportof a first wireless service over the first wireless channel thatincludes the real-time service within a cellular region, wherein thefirst radio provides a non-real-time service over the first wirelesschannel to a plurality of mobile devices within the cellular region, andwherein the evaluating of the utilization of the first wireless channelcomprises identifying a physical resource block allocation associatedwith one or more non-real-time mobile devices of the plurality of mobiledevices; responsive to the evaluating of the utilization of the firstwireless channel, selecting one of the one or more non-real-time mobiledevices as a selected mobile device; and responsive to the evaluating ofthe utilization of the first wireless channel, facilitating a handoverof the selected mobile device to a second radio of the base station,wherein the second radio facilitates support of a second wirelessservice that excludes the real-time service over a second wirelesschannel within the cellular region, and wherein, responsive to thehandover, the second radio supports the non-real-time service over thesecond wireless channel to the selected mobile device within thecellular region.
 16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage mediumof claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: identifying aportion of the physical resource block allocation associated withanother mobile device of the one or more non-real-time mobile devices;and reducing the portion of the physical resource block allocationassociated with the another mobile device of the one or morenon-real-time mobile devices to obtain a modified physical resourceblock allocation, wherein the modified physical resource blockallocation comprises an increase in available capacity of the firstwireless channel to support a provision of the real-time service to thefirst mobile device.
 17. The non-transitory machine-readable storagemedium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: determininga capacity based on an utilization of the first wireless service overthe first wireless channel; and determining that the capacity isinsufficient to satisfy the demand for the real-time service to thefirst mobile device, wherein the handover of the selected mobile deviceto the second radio increases the capacity of the first wireless channelto support a provision of the real-time service to the first mobiledevice.
 18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim15, wherein the second radio does not support an enhanced 911 emergencyservice to any mobile devices within the cellular region.
 19. Thenon-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein thefirst mobile device comprises a cellular phone.
 20. The non-transitorymachine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein at least one of theone or more non-real-time mobile devices comprises a tablet.